THE STRUGGLE
“Whatever Mom and Dad say…I do not
care…” Tamara said it and walked to her room.
“Tamara, you should listen to me…”
Her Mother grabbed her hand.
“No…!” Tamara screamed.
“Listen to me!” Her Father pushed
her and forced her to sit “You should know that continue your study in another
city, especially in Jakarta is not as easy as it seem…”
“I will study hard to get there…I
promise you” Tamara cut her Father’s word.
“I know you can do it, I know you have
big ambition…I believe in you but you never life alone and far from us
before…how can you survive in that city? How can you get a food? You cannot
even cook and you cannot even wash your clothes without the washing machine”
Her Mother worried.
“I can survive, I can prove it…I can
order some foods and delivered it to my room and I can bring all of my clothes
to the laundry…simple Mom, life is getting so much easier nowadays” Tamara said
it confidently.
There was nothing that Tamara’s
parents could do to make her changed her mind because her parents actually knew
the reason why Tamara want to continue her study in Jakarta. The reason why
Tamara wanted to continue her study in Jakarta is because of her sister. Her sister
always said to her that she wanted to continue her study in one of the most
popular university in Jakarta and took economic major because she wanted to be
an accountant someday. Unfortunately, she could not make it, she failed to pass
the entrance test and decided to end her life by jump from the 7th
floor in that university.
Therefore,
Tamara wanted to make her sister’s dream came true. Tamara always studied every
day. She practiced a lot of exercises and took a course but, there were some
friends who underestimate her. They thought Tamara will never passed the
entrance test of, they bully her and said if she paid a lot of money to that
university, she could pass the test. Everybody knew that Tamara’s parents were
rich enough to do that but, Tamara never wanted that happen. She believed in
her ability and she could pass the text purely event she was not one of the
smartest student at her school. She was just an ordinary student from a small
city who has a high struggle and ambition.
Sometimes,
her parents worried if Tamara could not pass the test, she would do the same
thing as her sister did and the parents would lost their two lovely daughters,
but Tamara convinced them that she would not do that, even if she failed…she
would take the test again next year and study even harder. Looking the struggle
that Tamara made, her parents believe that she could pass this test easily.
***
A week after the entrance test held,
the university announced that Tamara passed the test and officially became the
student of that university. Miracle did exist as long as we believe in
ourselves, Tamara prove that. Her parents really proud of Tamara’s struggle and
ambition. The following day, Tamara officially moved to Jakarta and life at a
rent house near to the campus.
On
the orientation day, Tamara got bully by almost all students there because they
knew that Tamara came from a small city. They thought this Campus was not
suitable place for her, but Tamara did not care at all. She has already gotten
bully since she still in senior high school so, it is not a problem for her.
She could face this situation.
After a month, Tamara got home sick.
She missed her parents so much. Even sometimes when she arrived at her rent
house after spent a day at campus, she always called her Mom and Dad but yeah…no
one will answer her called. Every time she ate, she always felt empty because
there was no her parents anymore who sit next to her and she always missed the
taste of her mother’s food. Tamara and her parents actually always keep in touch,
sometimes their parents phoned her or sometimes Tamara who phoned them, but
still it was not the same if they have not met. So in this week end, Tamara
decided to go back to her hometown. Tamara could not stand to see her parents.
***
When Tamara arrived at her home. She
surprised that there was written: This
house was confiscated on her door house. Tamara could not also find her
parents.
“Excuse me…Do you know where were my
parents going?” she decided to ask her neighbor.
“Uh…your parents moved to a rent
house not too far from here, it is in front of that building” Said the neighbor
pointed to the 3rd floor building on the corner of the street.
“B… but why they do that?” Tamara
confused.
“You do not know that your Father
become a corruptor?”
“What? How come? I do not believe
it…that is impossible! My Father is the most honest person I knew!” Tamara
screamed.
“But that’s the truth…” Without her
neighbor finished the sentence, she ran and covered her ears with her hand. No…
she did not want to hear anything from her neighbor, that was must be something
wrong with it. She should know the truth from her Father.
***
At the rent house, her Father
explained everything. Like she expected, her Father never did that. The truth
was her father got accused by his friend. His friend who actually took all the
money from the company. His friend eliminated all the evidence and ran away. In
addition, because of her Father worked in financial part of this company, it
made him got accused easily. Life got so much cruel nowadays, just because of
money people could do anything without even thinking the risk.
“We should do anything, Dad…we
should do anything to prove that is not you who took all the money…”
“I try to call your uncle…he is a
really good lawyer…I hope he can help me”
“He should! Of course! He should do
anything to prove you right!”
“But we do not have money, Tamara”
Her Mother frustrated.
“What? Money? What is money for?”
“Money to pay the lawyer”
“But the lawyer is my uncle…the
lawyer is your brother, Dad!”
“But I do not think that he will
help us” Her Mother hopeless.
“W…hat? How come..?” Tamara
stuttered.
“I will try to call him” Father
said.
“You have called him 5 times since
an hour ago…but what? He does not even want to answer it!” Mother started to
cry.
“I will wait…maybe he is busy right
now” Father tried to find excuses.
“You will wait? You will wait till
the police come and get you into prison?! The problem is money! He knew that we
do not have enough money to pay him, so he never picked up the phone and answer
your call” Mother cried out loud and Father lost his word, he did not know how
to calm Mom. And Tamara still confused.
This
was just about money. How come people got so cruel and forgot that they still
have family. Even with their family, they asked for money. Tamara really mad
until the tears was too afraid to come down. Tamara felt so down, sad, and mad
at the same time. Those mix feeing really bother her whole day.
***
The following day, Tamara and her
Mother should let her Father got into prison for several years. Even it was
really hard to let her father go, but they should. Both Tamara and her Mother have been sad for
a week. They did not have power to do their activity as usual without their
father by their side. But Tamara realized, they could not do that for too long,
her father will be disappointed. So Tamara searched for scholarship to continue
her study as a lawyer. She would do anything to manage the absurd law in
Indonesia even she should give up on her study in her previous major. She would
not let anyone felt the same way. She would not let money and absurd law
separate father with his daughter and his wife anymore.
Maybe Tamara looked she did not have
enough commitment on what she actually want to be. The first one, she wanted to
be an accountant because of her sister and then, she wanted to be a lawyer
because of her father, but as long as with the same struggle, hard work, and
ambition, she could become everything she wanted. It proven after a few years
studying in law major, Tamara became the youngest lawyer who always won the
case that she took.
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